Southeast Asia's largest e-commerce firm Shopee has rescinded dozens of job offers in the past two weeks, sources said, a move that began shortly after parent company Sea reported widening losses and sharply slower revenue growth.
Four people interviewed by Reuters who have participated in a WeChat group of some 60 people that was set up to discuss Shopee's withdrawal of offers said their offers were pulled just days before they were due to begin work.
One 27-year-old engineer who asked that only his first name Wang be used, said his call came a week after arriving in Singapore, having quit a job in Shanghai with TikTok owner Bytedance.
"I thought it was a scam call ... until I realised it was a widespread rescinding of offers by Shopee," said Wang, who had by then paid an advance to rent a house.
Singapore-based Sea said it had recently cancelled some offers at Shopee but declined to say how many.
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Four people interviewed by Reuters who have participated in a WeChat group of some 60 people that was set up to discuss Shopee's withdrawal of offers said their offers were pulled just days before they were due to begin work.
One 27-year-old engineer who asked that only his first name Wang be used, said his call came a week after arriving in Singapore, having quit a job in Shanghai with TikTok owner Bytedance.
"I thought it was a scam call ... until I realised it was a widespread rescinding of offers by Shopee," said Wang, who had by then paid an advance to rent a house.
Singapore-based Sea said it had recently cancelled some offers at Shopee but declined to say how many.
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